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FSC appoints Vanguard head to board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
John James, chairman and managing director of Vanguard Investments Australia has been elected as a director of the Financial Services Council to fill a casual vacancy.

SFG Australia appoints executive

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
SFG Australia has appointed former WHK Group head of financial services, John Cowan as member of its group executive management team.

TAL appoints head of product development

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
TAL Group Life has appointed former Mercer partner Darren Wickham as head of product development and pricing.

AFS board votes no confidence in Daly

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
Australian Financial Services chief executive and managing director, Peter Daly, has left the dealer group which has appointed group director Phil Burke as acting chief executive.

Dalidowicz exits AustralianSuper

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Richard Dalidowicz has stepped down as senior manager investments of AustralianSuper, following five and a half years with the $43 billion industry super fund.

BlackRock appoints country head

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
BlackRock Australia has appointed former Victorian Funds Management Corporation chief executive Justin Arter as country head.

Perpetual Private names new group exec

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Perpetual Limited has appointed Mark Smith as group executive for Perpetual Private.

Patterson steps down as Perennial CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
Lewis Bearman has replaced Anthony Patterson as chief executive of Perennial Investment Partners, with Patterson remaining as an executive director of Perennial Value Management.

Medcraft to chair IOSCO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has been elected chairman of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the annual conference in Beijing.

Unstable markets demand more from COOs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
During periods of market turbulence, funds intensify their focus on risk and efficiencies increasing the importance of the role of chief operating officer, according to La Trobe Financial.